Saturday, June 20, 2009

Tomorrow at 11 am I will be speaking at Against The Stream (aka Dharam Punx, aka Noah Levine's place). Here is the into about the place from their website:Against The Stream Buddhist Meditation Society is located in a historic building in East Hollywood, one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the city. It is on the corner of Melrose and Berendo, near LA City College and Vermont Avenue where you can find many small restaurants, bakeries and shops.

Huh, found a link on the Wikipedia page showing where J Mascis recorded a CD of devotional music dedicated to Amma. Ya learn something new every day! I bet that's an interesting CD.

I can see why Brad might sincerely be critical of the Amma cult, but I say, of all the woo-woo stuff people can fall for, that are sidetracks from the 'real deal' when it comes to truth and reality, enjoying hugs and contributing to world peace is hardly the worst example.

Neither. He started by saying what he thought was cool about her (she tells jokes, as does her warm up act! plus humanitarian and charity work, both obviously very cool), then described the whole scene, which is pretty weird. He offered his critique and why he thought it was important. It was a good talk and was recorded via video, so some of it might pop up on the internet one day.

Brad has magic Buddha powers. I hardly ever get unexpected email, but within days of his mentioning my email address I've won seven contests and lotteries and been invited to house-sit in London by some guy I've never heard of. My question is, did Amma slug Brad?